question: how can anyone perceive a situation like the oil spill, or 911, or the holocaust... and come out of the negative spiral with a positive inclination?

* if we address the situation at the level at which it was created (e.g. the material world), our attempts may indeed be futile.

* if, however, we can step back, detach a bit, and perceive the situation from a more global or Uni-Versal level, wIe would likely be able to come up with numerous scenarios that would lead to positive feelings.

Friday, June 25, 2010

it's always fun to plan a trip, and this post is to give family an idea of the august itinerary. ..this plan can (and will) be modified, and these ideas will be used as a starting point.

fri, 30th: driving. we are planning to arrive at night, if julie can come with me. ..if she can't make the trip, i'll probably drive all night thursday and get into rhody on friday morning.

sat, 31st: providence (let's make a plan! ..open)

sun, 1st: providence (open); probably go to church with mom & dad.

mon, 2nd: cape cod (whale watching)... we did this many years ago, and i'd like to do it again.

tue, 3rd: new hampshire? climb a mountain? (sleep in n.h.?)

wed, 4th: new hampshire/maine? arcadia? (sleep in n.h. or maine)

thur, 5th: rhody (south county? beaches? wine tasting?)

fri, 6th: ferry to block island, or nantucket, or martha's vinyard (bike around the island), everyone is welcome, but (just so you know) i'm wanting to rent a bike and explore, so pedal if you want to. never been on nantucket. no idea if this would be any fun.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

inspiration/expiration (symbiotic stream)opposites attract in this, a very lucid dreambury head in sand, or set your wing-to-wing (and sail)given choice of life or death (a breath) yes:

i inhaled______________________________________

* any exercise physiologist (or 1st grader) knows that "to not inhale" is to die.

* if life is a series of inspirations and expirations, and if we indeed have an earth-bound choice to play armadillo or eagle, then it's Perfectly Perfect for some to play it cautious while others push the edge. ..it doesn't make one "right" or the other "wrong," but instead it adds flavor to the stew.

* some focus on the inhalation; some focus on the expiration; some hold their breath; and some yell and scream with reckless abandon.

* in the end, we'll all finish this, the human race, and we'll probably have a bit of a laugh during the after-party.

Monday, June 21, 2010

by now, you've heard about the most recent bigfoot sighting in cleveland county, north carolina. ..the sighting took place within 100 miles of charlotte, meaning that sasquatch may be lurking somewhere in my local area as we speak.

what you are about to view is unbelievable video footage of the big man himself, when he was sighted in rochester, n.y.

Facilitates breathing: A good posture naturally enables you to breathe properly. I started appreciating this after I started meditating regularly a few months back, coupled with a good posture. I found a really a huge difference in the amount of air I could inhale between sitting up straight and slouching. This is why yoga, pilates and meditation exercises pay so much attention on getting your posture and sitting positions right.

Increases concentration and thinking ability: When you are breathing properly, you increase your thinking ability too. Our brain requires 20% of oxygen to do its job properly. More air, more oxygen. More oxygen, more brain food. More brain food leads to more thoughts and ideas.

Improve your image: People with good postures look smarter and more attractive. Have you ever seen someone with a bad posture and felt the person seemed unkempt, even though the person has not said or done anything yet? On the flip side, someone with a good posture naturally exudes an aura of assertiveness and appeal.

Feel even better about yourself: When you have a good posture, it helps to make you feel more self-confident, without even doing anything else different. Try sitting in a bad posture now for 30 seconds. Now, switch to a good posture for 30 seconds as well. Is there any difference in how you felt?

Avoid health complications: A bad posture results in several complications over time, such as increased risks of slipped disc, back aches, back pain, pressure inside your chest, poor blood circulation. When I was studying in business school, I had a professor back who suffered from a slip disc when he was younger. Unfortunately, he can’t straighten his back ever since the incident and he now walks with a permanent slouch."

Saturday, June 12, 2010

the purpose of this post is to flash back to (just a few) moments of Bliss.

given that it is media's job (not fault, but tendency) to focus on less than 1-trillionth of that which could be called "news," it is also possible to re-Member the billions of positive, bliss-full, and often miraculous events that are happening in our world, right Now.

wIe would suggest that y/Our life experience (literally) depends upon that which we tap into, and that our experience depends upon which channel we select. ..it surmises that we control the remote.

tap into Unifying positive forces/pictures/thoughts (such as harmony, nature, nurture, Love, collaboration, cooperation, beauty and Bliss). ..while tapping-in to the positive, might we feel better than when we dwell on the negative?

null and void went swimming (though they soon became annoyed)politics (and skimming) in a world of null and void_________________________________________

* annul: a void dance

* a-void: to create a system that includes rejecting the null hypothesis, allowing re-searchers and number-crunchers to make-believe that they don't actually have a preliminary opinion prior to making a mockery of the obvious.

Friday, June 11, 2010

analysis: the process of observation and deduction, often used to predict the future.

statistical analysis: the mathematical description of the past, using the process of observation and deduction, that does nothing more than to give us some-thing to jib-jab about while we live in the present and ponder the future.

again: statistics mean no-thing. ..what matters (in this, the manifestation of a non-matter-ial world) is that which we think, that which we focus upon, that which we believe, that which we say and what which we do...